Town Moor, recreation ground

HER Number

15795

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Town Moor, recreation ground

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Recreation Ground

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In response to a petition, a recreation ground was laid out in 1878 on the edge of Newcastle's Town Moor, where Exhibition Park is now.

Easting

424600

Northing

565400

Grid Reference

NZ424600565400

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 17